Poultry nutrition

Radcliffe, J. (2000). British supermarkets forging changes in poultry nutrition . Austral... 

Digestion is the preparation of feed for absorption, i.e. reduction of feed particles in size and solubility by mechanical and chemical means. A summary outline of digestion and absorption in poultry follows. This provides a basic understanding of how the feed is digested and the nutrients absorbed. Readers interested in a more detailed explanation of this topic should consult a recent text on poultry nutrition or physiology. 

Eight B vitamins are important in poultry nutrition. In general they participate in biochemical reactions as enzyme cofactors that mostly affect the transfer of energy. 

Blair, R., Daghir, N.J., Peter, V. and Taylor, T.G. (1983) International nutrition standards for poultry. Nutrition Abstracts and Reviews -Series B 53, 669-713. 

Van Cauwenberghe, S. and Burnham, D. (2001) New developments in amino acid and protein nutrition of poultry, as related to optimal performance and reduced nitrogen excretion. Proceedings of the 13th European Symposium on Poultry Nutrition, October 2001, Blankenberge, Belgium, pp. 1-12. 

Bolton, W. and Blair, R. (1974) Poultry Nutrition, 4th edn. Bulletin 174, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, HMSO, London, pp. v + 134. 

Ravindran, V., Bryden, W.L. and Komegay, E.T. (1995) Phytates occurrence, bioavailability and implications in poultry nutrition. Avian Biology and Poultry Science Reviews 6,125-143. 

Burel, C. and Valat, C. (2007) Feeding animal or microflora The nutritional dilemma. Proceedings of the XVIth European Symposium on Poultry Nutrition. Strasbourg, France, 26-30 August, 2007 (in press). 

Hauser, R. and Folsch, D. (2002) How does the farming system affect the hygienic quality of eggs Proceedings of the Eleventh European Symposium on Poultry Nutrition, Bremen, Germany, CD-Rom. 

Klasing, K.C. (2005) Poultry nutrition a comparative approach. Journal of Applied Poultry Research 14, 426-436. 

Langhout, D.J. (1999) The role of the intestinal flora as affected by NSP in broilers. Proceedings of the Twelfth European Symposium on Poultry Nutrition, Veldhoven, The Netherlands, pp. 203-212. 

Smulders, A.C.J.M., Veldman, A. and Enting, H. (2000) Effect of antimicrobial growth promoter in feeds with different levels of undigestible protein on broiler performance. In Proceedings of the 12th European Symposium on Poultry Nutrition, WPSA Dutch Branch, Veldhoven, The Netherland, 15-19 August, 1999. 

Cantor, A.H., The role of selenium in poultry nutrition, in Biotechnology inthe Feed Industry, Proceedings of Alltech s 13th Annual Symposium, Lyons, T.P. and Jacques, K.A., Eds., Nottingham University Press, Loughborough, U.K., 1997, 155. 

Ruiz, N Miles, R.D. Harris, R.R (1983). Choline, methionine and sulphate interrelationships in poultry nutrition. World s Poult. Sci. )., 39, 185-98. 

Figure 2. Relationship between dietary palmitic acid percentage and muscle palmitic acid percentage in poultry nutritional trials Zollitsch et al. (1997 ), Kang et al. (2001 A), and Smink et al. (2010 ).

Leeson S and Summers J D 1997 Commercial Poultry Nutrition, 2nd edn, Guelph, Canada, University Books. 

Bedford M R and Schulze H 1998 Exogenous enzymes for pigs and poultry. Nutrition Research Reviews 11 91-114. 

The modem egg industry is a result of a series of technological advances. In the 1870 s, incubators began to be used commercially to hatch chickens, rapidly increasing the number of commercial hatcheries. Poultry breeders apphed scientific principles to develop improved breeds and strains of chickens for e production. Land-grant colleges engaged in research in poultry nutrition and feeding. This led to improved mans ement practices and more efficient... 

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